Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-07-30
ANIMAL REPORT
ofUnited States Surveyor General Hise.-
 SOme Interesting Facts and Figures.

TUCsoN. Ariz, July 2l. 1887. HOS. W. A. SPARKS. ETC,
 WASHINGTON, D. C.:
 Com plying with instructions cortGin. ed ID Department letter oi June Ii.h 1887, 1 have the honor iO submit here. with my annual report for the tisca. yesr ending Jg-e SO,h, 1884,
 MINERAL.
 Daring the year there have been sur. veyed 39 mines embracing 623 Q Hcrus and i've mill sl.es embracing 25 Ecres- an increase Cf II claims oyer that oI last year. The majority of these claim. are located iB the Tombstone Mining District.
 The outlook in mining circles is en couTaging, more 30 than for three years past. Judging firm the gradual iB- crease of claims that are being survey. ed Tor patent, mine owners are quietly developing the mineral resources Ci the Territory and the day IS Eot dis;au, when Arizona will bs among the fore. mos. of the bullion producers of the country.
 In view Of the fact that most all claims surveyed a!e connected With |. '. Mlu- ersl Monuments. would urge the ne cessiGy of an appropriation for their proper establishment and connection with each ether. IL is improbable that the public land surveys will ever b. ex- tended over s majority oi the Mining Districts, and shere should bs some thing Ot permanent nature Co accur. ately determine the locus of the claims surveyed. Mineral monuments a. pres ent are erected by deputies when ueoes- sary and a record Is kept of all % (. lab. lishe1, ba- is 10 impossible te iet rmiue The location of ore with reference to another, Uot being connected.
 There BTe only thirteen res G' arly qualified Deputy Mineral Surveyors Cu- der this office,
 Since the establishment of tLis office there hevs been SIP claims survey 7d fer patent, 75l mining claims embraciuy an area of l,42S acres, and 6l mil sit S embracing 29S.4 acres. Of the S.2 slaius go surveyed, patents haye been issued for I4S.
 The :olluVieg IS statement Of the work done. aoi the amount If derosit received for office work and stationery in this division for the fiscal year. Nine surveyed ........... 3g Aiili sites surveyed d........ | Pi6ts made. I7G Amended surveys. ys........... < Plats for amended surveys. : Amount of deposit t........Sl Sl320.OO
 DESERT LAND.
 Speculaiors of all degrees have now turned their attention to the facilities offered by the desert land law, and the woods are full If them," .he field is more inviting. All manner of schemes are resortsd @ n order ta gra,ify the gambling propensitie8 of the EEe ID which Ee live, and | fully believe more perjury is committed now under tuis law than It any time in ibe history Cf the territory. to acquire public domain.
 am eredibly informed thai parties have obtained four or five thousand acres under this law by illegal methods, and gro nov resorting to ali msaner oi means to conceal their nefarious work iron. investigation.
 The present excitement ia an sdjOin- ing state in regard to what was consii- cred desert lands in the past, has stim- uiated to activity the speculators, pot only in this territory but in She eastern states. and the permanent prosperity snd future development of the territory is threatened by thcir quesatnaJ.e methods. The mere speculator has no of occupying or cuI.iEstiEr the isbd, nor does he contribute one cent towards its development for productive purposes. Their oniy motive b-i1s Co demand tribute from the iagit.mlts hGsbandmsn.
 Numerous schemes are now in pTCg- Tsss for the irr gation of these iauds. Good, responsible and intelligent men are giving freely their capital for the of canals sHd the develop ment of water by other means il order to benefit themselves and the people a' large, and they deserve tie good Eili of all entsrprising men.
 The development of these enterprises stand independent, in 6 great degree. from the mere speculator and desire to draw the line plainly thgs may not be m isunderstood. The one seeks 10 deyel- op our barren wastes and maEo the 'descrt blossom as sJse" expecting theretrom s t6ir remuneration by selling water rights and nlaGal rentals fsr the use Of water developed oy them. Thc other % appropriate iO Lis own selfish purposes, for a mere song, the eater prises and laboFs O! others. They Lrilh- CT to:l nor do they spIa, tut seek to cx- act toll from the men, women aul chll dTen by whose industry and thrift re- suits that are nope for are Co be nltliu- @d. The methods of these SpecG,at0rs in many instances accompanied with downright perjury, uBter tho present law are somewhat difficult tO counter act. They comply with she reqlire- meu.E Ot the land offices. but the lands once filed Ol they hold ihe,n for specu- iatIou. The .neEcre sum Of twenty five eenis psr acre i5 not considered in com parisCu with the prOspectIve profits.
 The desert laud law Rs t stands fos- ters a wild spirit If speculation and should be so amended ss to frus;rate t-e lnquItI-s pTscticed hereunder.
 Ii J. fact that 'he mnst valuable land in the territory is today is desert, If water csn be conducted upon it. This he ing go why not eXac, similarrequirements ss is done under hon stead and pre- snp:iOn laws? No sestler who honestly intends to reclaim desert isnds will com plain at sncs requirements. Residence DG tha land and cultivation of the same cannot be 2 mpliei with Whilst m Q ies- srt condition. but why not require this ls soon as the lsrds are reclaimed .nd before patent issucs. Hs su evidence taGt has tRysu place. and thus prevent frauds es 'o c;.matioug Ali made prior e the ex- 3irs;Iau of the three years should not be 'ubject io re-fiIng unt;l the end of ,ha. .irae. I snbmit the following exhibits which 'how respect5v the amount of desert and filed on in the Gils land district. 'ach year siUce the passage Of the act. he number of acres filed upon erch month from July, 1885, to June l-,. sS1, and cf the number of acres so filed Ipon those bv residents and non-Tesi- | lents Of the terrltO-y: ,howiHI total amouu; of land filed upon at
 the Tucson Land Otfcr. urdrr the da-err
 land law. since .ts ras-a.,e Co June
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